Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound Review – Unabashedly Gorgeous Noise From ‘Ecstatic Black Metal’ Band
[Guardian] The LA group’s second album pairs all the power and euphoria of heavy music with imaginative detailing and poignant lyrics – it will have you levitating with joy By Ben Beaumont-Thomas All of the euphoria, transcendence and power of heavy music emanates with blinding force from the second album by this self-described “ecstatic black ...
How Jeff Tweedy Made a New Magnum Opus
[New York Times] “Twilight Override,” the latest solo project by the Wilco leader, is a triple album that earns every minute. By Jon Pareles The way Jeff Tweedy tells it, “Twilight Override” — his new triple album, with 30 songs on three discs — got its start on a road trip. Tweedy, who leads the long-running ...
Nathaniel Rateliff & Jesse Welles Win Americana Awards
[Nashville Scene] Wednesday evening, the Ryman once again played host to a phenomenal assembly of talent as fans flocked in for the 24th Americana Honors and Awards. The happening — each year it feels like a star-studded concert during which an awards ceremony happens to break out — is the keystone event of AmericanaFest, which continues ...
Die Spitz’s Anarchic Fun Can’t be Contained
[NME] This snarling, genre-mashing Austin quartet are the most exciting new rock band on the planet, and they’re doing everything their way Words by Huw Baines llie Livingston leans on the glass frontage of an almost empty laundromat. Washed out by the half-alive glow of neon strip lights, she sparks a cigarette and slips on a ...
Check Out Robert Plant and Saving Grace’s New Song “Chevrolet,” a Reworked Version of the 1965 Donovan Tune “Hey Gyp”
[American Songwriter] By Matt Friedlander Robert Plant and his current group, Saving Grace, have released a third advance track from their upcoming debut album, Saving Grace. The song, titled “Chevrolet,” is a reimagined version of the 1965 Donovan song “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness).” “Hey Gyp,” in turn, was an adaptation of the 1930 Delta blues tune “Can I Do It ...